Deuteronomy 11:21:1Deut.11.21.W1PAT
לְמַ֨עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-ahn
- IPA
- /ləˈma.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- so that
- French
- afin que
- Spanish
- para que
- Portuguese
- para que
- German
- damit
- Russian
- чтобы
- Arabic-Simplified
- لكي
- Hindi
- ताकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 使
- Korean
- 위해서
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যেন
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- ዘንድ
- Yoruba
- kí
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- sɛ
- Ewe
- be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MA-an
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an yir-BU ye-me-KHEM
- clause
le-MA-an yir-BU ye-me-KHEM vi-MEI be-NEI-khem AL ha-a-da-MAH a-SHER nish-BA Ye-ho-VAH la-a-vo-TEI-khem la-TET la-HEM
- sentence
le-MA-an yir-BU ye-me-KHEM vi-MEI be-NEI-khem AL ha-a-da-MAH a-SHER nish-BA Ye-ho-VAH la-a-vo-TEI-khem la-TET la-HEM ki-MEI ha-sha-MA-yim al-ha-A-retz
In context — Deuteronomy 11:21
so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied upon the land that swore LORD to your fathers to give to them as the days of the heavens upon the earth
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 11:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 11:21, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֨עַן (lemaan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.11.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.11.21.W1.S1) and character.